Lance Mountain has released a shoe with Nike based on the Air Jordan 1’s. These have a little history behind them – Lance talks us through how the show came about and what’s with the mis-match. There’s nothing epic in here and there’s only shots of stills of skateboarding but it has …
Stereophonic Sound: Volume 15
I came across this rad episode of Stereophonic Sound featuring Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Chris Miller, Clint Peterson and Nate Greenwood. Bit of old unseen (or almost unseen) footage, an art show and a shred of a local park. It’s a good watch!
Two Up Featuring Alex Campbell and Nick Boserio
Nike SB Australia have put this clip out featuring Alex Campbell and Nick Boserio. It was filmed by Chris Middlebrook and Geoff Campbell over two years through Australia, USA, New Zealand and China. It’s a pretty amazing watch – Boserio’s part has some bangers in it for sure. Enjoy!
Nike SB Lunar One Shot With Sean Malto
Here’s the commercial for the Nike SB Lunar One Shot featuring Sean Malto. It’s a pretty rad little clip which was filmed before Malto injured himself around Thanksgiving last year doing a varial heelflip down a three block into a fountain in Kansas City. You can see a .gif of that …
P-Rod’s Beginnings
Have you revisited any of the spots you grew up skating? For me it was the Coles carpark and the Cheesecake Shop in Mornington, The Wall in Frankston, Vale St. Primary and a few others… Hours spent there before and after school, on weekends and holidays, doing the same lines …
Cory Kennedy On Fourstar – Awesome Welcome Clip
Eric Koston narrates this awesome clip for Cory Kennedy’s intro onto the Fourstar team. Great way to welcome a new team mate. Some very familiar spots in this clip too.
Nyjah Huston’s Car Collection Is Epic
Nyjah Huston has been investing his winnings and sponsorship money wisely in a set of epic cars. He is featured on the cover of the new issue of DUB Magazine and the below teaser was put out showing what he’s got. We mentioned the vehicles skaters, surfers and snowboarders were …
SXSW Converse/Thrasher Party Looked Like A Riot
Photo: Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP SXSW was happening last week in Austin, Texas. Converse and Thrasher were holding a bit of a party being headlined by OFWGKTA associate, Tyler the Creator. Not everyone was going to make it into the venue and when Tyler hit the stage, it was at capacity with …
Chris Cole Clip For His Lite 2 Shoe
DC have released a promo clip for his Lite 2 shoe. It’s just shy of three minutes full of the sort of skills you’d expect to see from Cole. They’ve kept the product shots to a bare minimum too, which is always nice. Check it out above.
Street League Shifts To Fox Sports
Street League is shifting from ESPN to Fox Sports for the 2014 season. Rob Dyrdek has negotiated for all stops this season to air live on FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO and webcast on StreetLeague.com. Hopefully the schedulers for the Australian Fox Sports channel will be kind with the replay …
Santa Cruz And Star Wars Clip – As Expected
Just to prove that no good film work has come from Lucasfilms since the original Star Wars, Santa Cruz have released this clip for their latest board line. It involves a boat load of cheesy clichés (that music?!?), a terrible story line and questionable acting… Things the studio is very, …
Riley Blakeway’s ‘Nothing Stops Detroit’
Riley Blakeway has released a new short clip. This one features Californian street artist Evan Rossell during a painting trip to Detroit mid last year. It was shot on 16MM and Super 8MM film and is really nicely edited together. Check it out above.
2014 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama
Mitch Ayres put together this rad clip from the 2014 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama. The comp went down last weekend in front of an epic crowd and in pretty good conditions. Pedro Barros took out the pro section and Tony Hawk took the Masters division. The clip above is awesome – well …
TWS Outliers Trailer
Transworld Skate have released the trailer for their new film, Outliers. It features Zered Bassett, Riley Hawk, Lee Yankou, Neen Williams, Marius Syvanen and Brad Cromer. It was filmed by Chris Thiessen. Check it out below.
The Legend of Stan Smith From Adidas
Adidas has released this clip for their new Stan Smith Vulc shoe. Smith was a two time Grand Slam singles champion, and apparently one of the greatest tennis players of all time. But not being a tennis fan, I had no idea who he was when I first watched it. The …
Daewon Song Builds And Rides A Mini
Here’s a rad little clip from Matix featuring Daewon Song not just shredding, but also building a mini ramp. A really neat little clip from the brand which went through some turbulent times only two years ago when they were sold off. It’s been impressive to see them hang onto big names …
Didga The Skateboarding Cat
Today’s hard hitting news story is about Didga, the skateboarding cat from the Gold Coast. And while you may think this isn’t worth watching, the cat does have skills – I have seen more than one of his tricks in a Richie Jackson part. I’ll be showing the clip to …
Red Bull’s Greetings From Sydney
Red Bull have released a clip called Greetings From Sydney which features Daniel Sparrow, Robert Macalister, Tim Williams, Jake Hayes, Dean Parsons and a whole lot more skating spots around the city. On the actual video page they have mini interviews with guys like Corbin Harris, Ryan Wilson, Chima Fergusson and more …
Ty Evans Teaches Film At Woodward
WOODWARD runs a digital media camp and this year they got Ty Evans to come along and teach the kids a thing or two about film making. Aside from the rad equipment he’s using at Brain Farm, Ty dealt with creating using what you have available. The below edit is an awesome insight …
Riley Blakeway’s Latest ‘Dolphin Days’ Featuring Josh Pall
Riley Blakeway’s has released the latest clip in his series, Dolphin Days. This episode was shot on a RED Scarlett over a weekend and features Sydney based Josh Pall riding to a rad Miles Davis track, On Green Dolphin Street. Check it out above – very nice way to start …
Felipe Gustavo Drops A Battle Commander
On Christmas day, Felipe Gustavo’s Battle Commander on The Berrics dropped and it is another step for him in becoming my favorite pro. Set to Brooklyn’s Finest by Jay-Z (his pro clip was set to Biggie’s ‘It Was All A Dream’ – could his choices get any more epic?) he …
Riley Blakeway’s 2013 Highlights Reel
Australian director/cinematographer Riley Blakeway has had a pretty killer year with some great clips coming from the guy. He’s put together a bit of a ‘best of’ from the year with snippets from his work – there’s some really nice work in here. Check it out above.
Jenkem’s 10 Articles You Wont See In A Skate Mag
This is one of those articles I read and then cry a little wishing I’d thought of writing it first. Written for Jenkem by Christian Senrud, it is ten articles you’re unlikely to see in a skate mag anytime soon. Fights, nightmare pros, sweatshops and nice but boring guys (“I …
Red Bull’s Daily Grind Featuring Corbin Harris
Red Bull’s released a clip called Daily Grind a few days back. Filmed in a 23rd floor office building in Chicago that was converted into a pretty fun looking skatepark, it features Ryan Sheckler, Felipe Gustavo, Joey Brezinski, Alex Midler, Sewa Kroetkov and Australian Corbin Harris. Check it out below.
Nyjah’s Fade To Black B-Roll
Here’s some raw footage from Nyjah Huston’s recent Fade To Black release for DC. It gives you a whole new appreciation for just how good this kid actually is. Check it out above.
Promotional Film By Richie Jackson
Richie Jackson has released a four minute part filmed in Venice, California over the last year. This clip is, as you’d expect, full of some pretty random tricks. Am I the only one surprised the tre flip through the fork in the trees wasn’t the ender? Check it out below. …
Lakai’s Year In Review Clip
Lakai have released a year in review clip featuring Stevie Perez, Miles Silvas, Riley Hawk and Marc Johnson. It is all the awesomeness you expect from the crew – if only it came more often. Around the release of Fully Flared in 2007 (can you believe it was that long …
Felipe Gustavo Goes Pro With An Epic Clip
Plan B and DC have made Felipe Gustavo in the best possible way – an awesome clip showing what an epic talent he is set to Biggie’s ‘It Was All A Dream’. The guy has amazing style and definitely deserves this. Head over to the Berrics and enjoy this one …
Shane O’Neill On SB Chronicles Vol. 2
Nike is due to release volume two of the SB Chronicles on December 10th and in the lead up they have put out a microsite with a few interviews with the riders, some photos and more. You can check the interview with Australian Shane O’Neill below – he talks about …
Nyjah Huston’s Fade To Black Clip
DC and Thrasher released Nyjah Huston full Fade To Black part last night and you’ll need to prepare yourself for watching it cause this is pretty huge. Directed and edited by Chris Ray and set to Metallica’s Fade To Black, there is just 6:23 minutes of incredible-ness. The only bad …
ESPN Face Time With Brian Anderson
Chris Nieratko has interviewed Brian Anderson for ESPN’s Face Time. The interview covers his split from Girl, his new shoe for Nike and his new venture, 3D (worth checking out the website, pretty awesome), which Alex Olson was a part of, and then wasn’t. Also talks about being openly tall.
Rodney Mullen Talks TED Again
Rodney Mullen has given another TED talks – this time on the learning curve and language of skateboarding. There’s a lot on overcoming injury and changing what you do for the better because of obstacles. He genuinely seems like the nicest dude, ever. Watch it above. Via Boardistan.
The Ethiopia Skate Project
I came across this awesome clip for Ethiopia Skate – a project to get skateboards and a skate park going in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Run by Abenezer Temesgen, they currently have seven boards to share between 25 kids. From the footage below, you can see the crew are doing amazingly …
Dennis Durrant On Adidas International
Australian Dennis Durrant has been signed to the Adidas International team. The press release has a bunch of quotes in it but outside of them, I’m hearing a few big names in and out of skateboarding are pretty hyped on this guy and with a welcome clip like the one …
Tumor Humor For Rome Torti On Sat 2nd Of November
Tumor Humor, an event to raise money to help the skate photog and good dude, Rome Torti, is happening on Sat 2nd Of November at Shark Bar in Miami on the Gold Coast. Torti has been fighting cancer for five years and has emerged winner at each round. Get along …